Famous Pharaohs

Chap . IX. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AFTER HAVING MADE THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE TOMB . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Vignette : A ram having upon his head the Atef crown standing upon a
pylon-shaped pedestal, which rests on a green reed mat ; before him is
an altar upon which stand a libation vase and a lotus flower . The scribe
Ani, clothed in white, stands with both hands raised in adoration .

Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AFTER
HAVING MADE THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE TOMB . Saith Osiris
Ani :-

"Hail Soul, thou mighty one of strength! (2) Verily I am
"here, I have come, I behold thee . I have passed through the
"Tuat (underworld), I have seen (3) [my] divine father Osiris,
"I have scattered the gloom of night . I am his beloved one .
"I have come ; I have seen my divine father Osiris . I have
"stabbed the heart of Suti . [I] have performed [all] the cere-
monies for my divine father Osiris, (5) I have opened every
"way in heaven and in earth . I am the son who loveth his
"father Osiris . (6) I have become a sahu,r I have become a khu, 2
"I am furnished [with what I need] . Hail, every god, hail every
"khu! I have made a path [for myself, 1] Osiris, the scribe Ani,
"victorious ."

The SourceThe Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

Chap. V . THE CHAP'IER OF NOT LETTING WORK BE DONE IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Chap . VI . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE SHABTI FIGURE TO DO WORK FOR A MAN IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Chap. VII . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING OVER THE ABOMINABLE BACK OF Apepi . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap . VIII . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING THROUGH AMENTET AND COMING FORTH BY DAY . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Vignette : The emblem of Amenta, towards which Ani, clad in white
and holding a staff in his left hand and a bandlet in the right, is walking .

Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF PASSING THROUGH AMENfET
[AND COMING FORTH] BY DAY. Saith Osiris Ani :-

"The city of Unnu (Hermopolis) is opened . My head (2) is
"sealed up, O Thoth, and strong is the Eye of Horus . I have
"delivered the Eye of Horus which shineth with splendours on
"the forehead of Ra, (3) the father of the gods . I am the same
"Osiris, the dweller in Amentet . Osiris knoweth his day, and
"that he shall live through his period of life ; and shall not I
"do likewise : (4) I am the Moon-god, who dwelleth among the
"gods, I shall not perish . Stand up, therefore, O Horns, for
"[Osiris] hath reckoned thee among the gods ."

The SourceThe Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

Chap. IB. THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE SAHU TO ENTER THE TUAT. From the Papyrus of Nekhtu-Amen.

Chap. II . THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY, AND OF LIVING AFTER DEATH . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap . III . ANOTHER CHAPTER LIKE UNTO THE PRECEDING. From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . IV . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING OVER THE CELESTIAL ROAD OF RE-STAU . From the Papyrus of NU.

Chap. V . THE CHAP'IER OF NOT LETTING WORK BE DONE IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Chap . VI . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE SHABTI FIGURE TO DO WORK FOR A MAN IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Chap. VII . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING OVER THE ABOMINABLE BACK OF Apepi . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Vignette : The deceased spearing a serpent (see Pap. Funeraire de
Nebset, ed . Pierret and Devcria, pl . 5) .

Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF PASSING OVER THE ABOMINABLE
BACK OF (2) APEP. The overseer of the palace, the chancellor-
in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith :-

"Hail, thou creature of wax, who lewdest away [victims] and
"destroyest them, and who livest upon the weak and helpless,
"may I never become weak and helpless (3) [before] thee, may
"I never suffer collapse [before] thee . And thy poison shall never
"enter into my members, for my members are [as] the members
"of the god Tem ; and since thou thyself dost not suffer col-
lapse [I shall not suffer collapse] . O let not the pains of death
"(4) which come upon thee enter into my members . I am the "god
Tem and I am in the foremost part of Nu lr • e . , the sky),
"and the power which protected me is that which is with all
"the gods for ever . I am he whose name is hidden, and whose
"habitation is holy for millions of years . I am he who dweller
"therein (?) and I come forth along with the god Tem . I am
"he who shall not be condemned (?) ; I am strong, I am strong ."

The SourceThe Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

Chap. IB. THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE SAHU TO ENTER THE TUAT. From the Papyrus of Nekhtu-Amen.

Chap. II . THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY, AND OF LIVING AFTER DEATH . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap . III . ANOTHER CHAPTER LIKE UNTO THE PRECEDING. From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . IV . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING OVER THE CELESTIAL ROAD OF RE-STAU . From the Papyrus of NU.

Chap. V . THE CHAP'IER OF NOT LETTING WORK BE DONE IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Chap . VI . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE SHABTI FIGURE TO DO WORK FOR A MAN IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Vignette : A standing, bearded male figure .

Text : fit) THE CHAPTER OF' MAKING THE SHABTI FIGURE TO
DO WORK FOR A MAN IN THE UNDERWORLD . The scribe Nebseni,
the draughtsman in the Temples (2) of the North and South,
the man highly venerated in the Temple of Ptah, saith :-

"O thou shabti figure (3) of the scribe Nebseni, the son of
"the scribe Thena, victorious, and of the lady of the house
"Mutrestha, victorious, (4) if I be called, or if I be adjudged to
"do any work whatsoever of the labours which are to be done
"in the underworld behold, [for thee] opposition will there be
"(5) set aside-by a man in his turn, let the judgment fall upon
"thee instead of upon me always, in the matter of sowing the
"fields, of filling (6) the water-courses with water, and of bring-
ing the sands of this east [to] the west ."

[The shabti figure answereth], "Verily I am here [and will
"come] whithersoever thou biddest me ."

The SourceThe Book oDead, the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.

Chap. IB. THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE SAHU TO ENTER THE TUAT. From the Papyrus of Nekhtu-Amen.

Chap. II . THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY, AND OF LIVING AFTER DEATH . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap . III . ANOTHER CHAPTER LIKE UNTO THE PRECEDING. From the Papyrus of Nu.

Chap . IV . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING OVER THE CELESTIAL ROAD OF RE-STAU . From the Papyrus of NU.

Chap. V . THE CHAP'IER OF NOT LETTING WORK BE DONE IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

Chap . IX. THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AFTER HAVING MADE THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE TOMB . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap . VIII . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING THROUGH AMENTET AND COMING FORTH BY DAY . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap. VII . THE CHAPTER OF PASSING OVER THE ABOMINABLE BACK OF Apepi . From the Papyrus of Ani.

Chap . VI . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE SHABTI FIGURE TO DO WORK FOR A MAN IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of Nebseni.

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